Turkish drone strikes disable 2 power stations in NE Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Turkish drone strikes targeted on Thursday two power stations in the cities of Qamishli and Amuda in northeast Syria, causing them to go out of service.
The drone strikes took place following a statement by Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, in which he threatened to strike a broader range of targets in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for the Ankara attack.
On Oct. 1, two individuals carried out a bomb attack in front of the building of the Ministry of Interior in Ankara injuring two police officers.
On Wednesday, Fidan claimed that the two assailants who carried out the attack had been trained in Syria. “From now on, all infrastructure, large facilities and energy facilities belonging to (armed Kurdish groups) in Iraq and Syria are legitimate targets for our security forces,” he threatened.
Earlier in the day, two power stations in the city of Hasakah, northeast Syria, went out of service due to the Turkish drone strikes.